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Tagged: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history

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Australian History Timeline: From pre-1770s to 2000s
A collection of clips covering Australian history from hundreds of thousands of years ago to the beginning of the 21st Century. WARNING: this collection may contain names, images or voices of...
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Australian History Timeline: 1950s to 2000s
The Australian History Timeline features over 90 film clips showcasing a unique collection of Australian history documentaries. Part 3 covers the 1950s to the 2000s.
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Australian History Timeline: 1900s to 1940s
The Australian History Timeline features over 90 film clips showcasing a unique collection of Australian history documentaries. Part 2 covers the 1900s to the 1940s.
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Australian History Timeline: Pre-1770s to 1890s
The Australian History Timeline features over 90 film clips showcasing a unique collection of Australian history documentaries. Part 1 covers pre-1770s to the 1890s.
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Returning Indigenous Cultural Materials
Ann Robb looks at the process of returning Indigenous cultural materials, including those that were once housed in the former Institute of Anatomy building before it became NFSA headquarters in...
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Dr Perkins and the 1965 Freedom Ride
In February 1965, Dr 'Kumantjayi’ (Charlie) Perkins AO led students from the University of Sydney on a 'freedom ride’ through rural NSW to expose racial segregation in Australia.
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A Short History of Indigenous Filmmaking
Within a generation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers have become a vibrant presence in the centre of filmmaking in Australia.
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Virtual Whadjuk: A Cultural Experience in Virtual Reality
This clip is a brief excerpt from the Virtual Reality experience, Virtual Whadjuk (2019) by Periscope Pictures.  Virtual Whadjuk is a time machine that strips away the city highrises and transports...
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Peter Gabriel's score for Rabbit-Proof Fence
This is probably the film’s most controversial scene, as well as the most harrowing, partly because it’s different to the way Doris Pilkington Garimara describes her abduction in the book. The book’s...
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First Australians: Unhealthy Government Experiment - Apology, Episode 5
Narrator Rachel Perkins sets the scene for the apology to the Stolen Generations given by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 13 February 2008. Interwoven are the personal experiences of Sue Gordon AM of...
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The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.

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